Imperial shed: the experience of owning a Nissan Stagea

Purchase history

215 rear-wheel-horsepower station wagon Nissan Stagea 2002 issue the current owner purchased to replace my Toyota Caldina in 2016. I wanted something more voluminous in the cabin and trunk, rear – or all-wheel drive, with a fairly powerful motor, allowing to feel comfortable on long hauls. In fact, since the beginning of the search the flow of interesting Japanese cars have long dried up because of the high duties, was initially considered station wagons European brands — BMW, Mercedes, Volvo XC70.

But acceptable in appearance, performance and budget was not… In the end love for “right-handed Japanese” still won, and was preparing the expedition to the Urals, when a suitable alternative in the form of a silver Nissan Stagea with mileage of 270 000 km was discovered in Moscow and acquired over 400, 000.

Imperial shed: the experience of owning a Nissan Stagea

Photo: Nissan Stagea ‘2001-07

The hero of our story refers to the previous third generation (2001-2004) and doesn’t have certain features that got restayl together with the updated “face”: of the dynamic stabilization system, traction control system, Keyless entry and so on. The most extreme version, a limited edition of several hundred copies, had an engine volume of 3.5 liters (280 HP) and manual transmission.